lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

CHAMP

(Dave Kirby - Warren Robb)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI / Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
Once again I'll live up to my reputation if I want to stay number one
This evening at sundown I'll go into trainin' and I won't give up till I 'm done
I'll drink more whiskey than any man livin' I'll stay with 'em round after round
There ain't no boozers or broken down losers can stay with the champ when he's down

I'll take on all comers when I'm on a bummer
Nobody's takin' my crown
And there's no contender when I'm on a bender
That can stay with the champ when he's down

You'd be amazed at the power I have with a bottle in my right hand
In just a few rounds I can whip all the mem'ries and drop 'em right where they stand
You'll never see me takin' the counts down at the Blue Teardrop Lounge
There ain't no boozers or broken down losers can stay with the champ when he's down

I'll take on all comers when I'm on a bummer...

And there's no contender when I'm on a bender
That can stay with the champ when he's down
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2.

COWBOY'S A KITTEN AT HOME

(Jim Mundy - Peggy White)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
He's a bramer bull rider a lover and a fighter
And a tiger when he's on his own
But he's a whole lot different when his woman is with him
The cowboy's a kitten at home

He washes the dishes and does what she wishes
And his own britches he irons
But don't try to kid him cause no man can whip him
The cowboy's a kitten in her arms
[ trumpet ] He's mean and he's trouble with scars on his knuckles
The championship buckle to show
He's a bad bronc buster a drinker and a cusser
But a furniture duster at home

He's wild and he's wooly a bar room bully
He'll break you like a pulley bone
But he suddenly changes when he's with his lady
The cowboy's a kitten at home
[ trumpet ] He's a bramer bull rider a lover and a fighter...
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3.

WILD SIDE OF LIFE

(William Warren - Arlie A. Carter)
« © '51 Unart Catalog, BMI »
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
You asked me not to call you on the phone
For there's something I 'm wanting to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song

And I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life

Yes it hurt me to know that you don't love me
Though I know our love's forever gone
And it's killed my soul and pride dear inside me
When I saw you in that stranger's arms so long

And I didn't know God made honky tonk angels...

I'll just live my life alone with mem'ries of you
And dream of kisses traded for my tears
And no one will ever know how much I love you
And I pray that you'll be happy through the years

And I didn't know God made honky tonk angels...
And went back to the wild side of life
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4.

BEETHOVEN WAS BEFORE MY TIME

(Jerry Dycke)
« © '80 Jerry Dycke Music, ASCAP »
One night while I was playin' at place called The Big Still
This ole man came up and handed me a dollar bill
He said I've got a favorite song please play it if you can
It's by Jimmie Rogers that ole singin' brakeman

Well I said I didn't know the song but he kept buggin' me
He said son are you sure cause it was big in '33
I said I'm sorry sir that was before I was around
Then that old man said somethin' that really put me down

Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs
Don't you know a good thing just keeps on hangin' on
If people liked it way back then well it can't be all wrong
Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs
[ piano ] Well years have come and gone since that old man passed my way
But I've contemplated on the words he had to say
Just last night I heard this man a singin' at a bar
I asked him for Hank Williams and dropped a dollar in his jar

But he said he didn't know the song that I asked him to do
I said son are you sure cause it was big in '52
He said man I'm sorry that was way before my time
And I couldn't help but think about that old man's salty line

Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs...
Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs
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5.

GIVER TOOK ALL SHE COULD STAND

(Bobby P. Barker)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
I did all the takin' she did all the givin'
She gave me good love but I didn't treat it right
She gave her heart to me and I took it for granted
But I just couldn't take it when she told me goodbye

The giver took all she could stand
She just gave up on giving in
The one who gives can only take some much
When the hurt gets out of hand
The giver took all she could stand
[ steel ] She did all the waiting while I did all the living
And when I took to cheatin' she gave me years to change
She gave me forgiveness and I just took advantage
Givers do a lot of takin' but only take just so much pain

The giver took all she could stand...
The giver took all she could stand
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6.

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE

(Jim Mundy - Peggy White)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
Lord I love to hear Hank Williams sing
And there's a lot of Lefty's now with different names
But it'll never be the way it was before
Take me back to yesterday once more

How I miss ole Tex those days were good
And nobody else could sing like Jim Reeves could
Red Foley's gospel songs touch my heart
Take me back to yesterday once more

When they sang Your Cheatin' Heart and Always Late
And There'll Be Peace In The Valley someday
I Knew Rye Whiskey Four Walls Too Near Me
Take me back to yesterday once more
[ steel ] Johnny Horton sang a country song so fine
And there'll never be another Patsy Cline
And how I miss Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Take me back to yesterday once more

When they sang Your Cheatin' Heart and Always Late
And There'll be Peace In The Valley someday
North To Alaska Crazy San Antonio Rose
Take me back to yesterday once more
Take me back to yesterday once more
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7.

I JUST CAN'T LEAVE THOSE HONKY TONKS ALONE

(Virgil Warner - Ernie Rowell)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
When the music's playin' loud I can blend in with the crowd
Lose myself inside a hurtin' song
That's the only time I'm right so when the moon comes out at night
I just can't leave those honky tonks alone

Can't leave those honky tonks alone
They're like a second home to me
Can't leave those honk tonks alone
So if you find me gone that's where I'll be
[ fiddle ] Everyone looks fine when you're looking through the wine
Listenin' to a good ole country song
And if everything gets right I could fall in love tonight
No I just can't leave those honk tonks alone

Can't leave those honky tonks alone...
Can't leave those honk tonks alone
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8.

SHE TOOK OUT THE OUTLAW IN ME

(Jim Mundy - Peggy White)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
From barroom fights to Sunday school from whiskey to lemonade
Red porch lights and breaking rules and picnics in the shade
From lipsticks stains and headache pains to Saturday night TV
She took out the outlaw in me

And I love it yeah I love it
And sometimes I can't get enough of it
When she turns out the lights and pulls down the shades
She loves the outlaw out of me
[ fiddle ] From lukewarm beer and hard boiled eggs to chicken and chocolate pie
Angel cakes to charcoal steaks and no more lying eyes
From swingin' doors hardwood floors to a glass of cold ice tea
She took out the outlaw in me

And I love it yeah I love it...
She loves the outlaw out of me
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9.

LIKE SOME GOOD OL' BOY

(Virgil Warner)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
My car looks like a bunch of hobos been living in it
My back is warped from sleeping on the ground
My wardrobe's in the trunk the humidity's got to it
I think it's time for me to settle down

Like some good ol' boy sittin' by the fire
Wrapped in baby's lovin' arms so tight
9 to 5 with weekends off party time till Monday
Snuggled up with mama every night
[ steel - fiddle ] Music keeps me runnin' all the time that's why I'm crazy
Folks say I get weirder all the time
This goin' wire to wire's tough cause basically I'm lazy
I've got to figure some way to unwind

Like some good ol' boy sittin' by the fire....
Like some good ol' boy sittin' by the fire....
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10.

ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE TONIGHT

(Pat Bunch - Peggy White)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
You'll just happen to be where you'll run into me
And I'll make sure to keep tonight free
Some may call it cheatin' but we call it love
But whatever they call it we can't get enough

We're just two lonely people with two lonely hearts
We've started a love affair we never meant to start
We can't meet on purpose and we know the reason why
So meet me accidentally on purpose tonight
[ steel ] Love leads us on and we're ready again
Pretending it's the last time each time we give in
We can't help what we're doin' when that old feelin' strikes
So meet me accidentally on purpose tonight

We're just two lonely people with two lonely hearts...
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